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Welcome to the online art gallery of Joan Swanson
I work primarily in Pastel and oil paintings and create quality work at affordable prices.  I use only artist quality materials and paint on archival surfaces. I most enjoy doing pet portraits, seascapes and landscapes of the New Jersey Shore and other places I have lived and visited.  I also welcome commissioned projects. 

I have taught oil painting as well as kids drawing at Michaels stores while I lived in Arizona and I currently teach Oil Painting and pastel at the Potters Wheel in Brielle, NJ.

Painting For the TV show THE BEAST

In Fall of 2008 I was contacted by a studio in Chicago to commission a painting to be used on a new TV show featuring Patrick Swayze called The Beast. I accepted the commission, which was a pastel of an American Flag on a beach at sunrise.  Here are screen shots of my painting on TV

 

NEW! Crushed Can Art Gallery 
~NEWS~

I am a participating artist in the
Art of Goodness 
art Auction, April 22, 2009
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  • Classes now forming at the Pottery Wheel in Brielle, NJ

    Oil Painting
    Monday evenings
    This class is designed for the beginner or the artist who wants to brush up on their skills. Emphasis will be on finding values, mixing colors and composition. Students will work from photos and from life. Classes will run for 4 weeks beginning on April 6th from 7 - 9pm. 
    If interested please email Joni at artbyjoni@gmail.com for more information and a supply list.

    Introduction to Pastels
    Thursdays
    This class will cover basic pastel techniques, an introduction to the medium and both landscape and still life projects. Color theory and composition will be emphasized as you learn the advantages of working with this highly expressive and spontaneous medium.
    Classes will run for 4 weeks beginning on April 9th from 7 - 9pm.  If interested please email Joni at artbyjoni@gmail.com for more information and a supply list.

     

  • Joan will be one of the featured artist at JAG Fine Art Gallery in Lambertville, NJ, for the show American Colors: Red, White and Blues. Paintings and photographs that celebrate and critique American culture in a time of severe economic turmoil and great political hope under the first black President of the United States.  For more information visit JAG Fine art 

     

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